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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Three notes played in the same amount of time as one or two beats.
Baroque
Register
Castrato
Triplet
2. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Ligature
Gregorian Chant
Voice
Form
3. Two or three melodic lines played at the same time.
Exposition
Counterpoint
Ricercar
Carol
4. A song of praise and glorification. Most often to honor God.
Leading note
Tone less
Interlude
Hymn
5. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Sonatina
Relative major and minor
Espressivo
Sextet
6. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Pizzicato
Ricercar
Round
Harmony
7. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Trio
Voice
Cantabile
Baroque
8. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Scordatura
Key signature
Concert master
Stretto
9. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Leitmotif
Soprano
Recital
Temperament
10. Music that is easy to listen to and understand.
Dissonance
Da Capo
Accessible
Chamber music
11. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Romantic
Minor
Cantata
Musette
12. Group of singers in a chorus.
Ligature
Quintet
Temperament
Choir
13. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Impromptu
Hymn
Clavier
Energico
14. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Triad
Polytonality
Tablature
Romantic
15. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Symphony
Tempo
Notation
Requiem
16. The interval between two notes. Two whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Nocturne
Interlude
Fourth
March
17. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Dissonance
Conductor
Time Signature
Song cycle
18. Elaborate polyphonic composition of the Boroque and Renaissance periods.
Ricercar
Song cycle
Recapitulation
Partita
19. The first violin in an orchestra.
Concert master
Triplet
Intermezzo
Cadenza
20. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Vibrato
Coda
Tablature
Chromatic scale
21. A composition whose style is simple and idyllic; suggestive of rural scenes.
Slur
Refrain
Pastoral
Interpretation
22. Repetition of a single tone.
Octave
Staccato
Temperament
Monotone
23. A 19th century square dance written for 4 couples.
Minor
Quadrille
Voice
Theme
24. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Chromatic scale
Tremolo
Register
Opera
25. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Notation
Counterpoint
Madrigal
Galliard
26. The highest female voice.
Instrumentation
Concerto
Adagio
Soprano
27. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Key signature
Dissonance
Tempo
Galliard
28. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Mezzo
Gavotte
Ornaments
Tuning
29. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Impromptu
Major
Nocturne
Trill
30. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Vivace
Classicism
Phrase
Legato
31. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Allegro
Trill
Cantata
Instrumentation
32. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Partial
Grazioso
Presto
Chorale
33. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Deceptive cadence
Recapitulation
Cadence
Partita
34. A curve over notes to indicate that a phrase is to be played legato.
Recital
Consonance
Slur
Galliard
35. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Grave
Minuet
String Quartet
Overture
36. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Intermezzo
Vivace
Vibrato
Resonance
37. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Reed
Soprano
Adagio
Tablature
38. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Major
Sequence
Piano
Development
39. Unmusical - without tone.
Septet
Tone less
Contralto
Polyphony
40. The retuning of a stringed instrument in order to play notes below the ordinary range of the instrument or to produce an usual tone color.
Scordatura
Partita
Etude
Homophony
41. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Ligature
String Quartet
Chamber music
Symphony
42. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Tune
Whole note
Soprano
Libretto
43. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Tone less
Chord
Slur
Da Capo
44. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Key
Notation
Soprano
Tonality
45. Successive notes of a key or mode either ascending or descending.
Accessible
Scale
Development
Recital
46. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Tonality
Tessitura
Tablature
Musette
47. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
System
Phrase
Virtuoso
Tutti
48. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Glee
Recapitulation
Vibrato
Musette
49. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Accelerando
A cappella
Libretto
March
50. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Orchestra
Conductor
Renaissance
Opus